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Clips from Benson (1979) - The Layoff (S01E01)

"(BIRDS CHIRPING)"
Benson (1979)
"(DOG BARKING)"
Benson (1979)
"Miss Kraus. Speaking."
Benson (1979)
"What do you know about candied yams?"
Benson (1979)
"They are very good with roast turkey."
Benson (1979)
"Well, according to this,"
Benson (1979)
"you bought six cases of them."
Benson (1979)
"I got a very good bargain."
Benson (1979)
"You call this a bargain?"
Benson (1979)
"You keep getting bargains like this and we're gonna go broke."
Benson (1979)
"I cannot concern myself with that."
Benson (1979)
"Miss Kraus, we're supposed to be cutting back,"
Benson (1979)
"which we discussed at the staff meeting this morning,"
Benson (1979)
"which I note you didn't attend."
Benson (1979)
"Oh, did I miss your little meeting?"
Benson (1979)
"Yes. Did it slip your little mind?"
Benson (1979)
"I have heard all about this budget business"
Benson (1979)
"und I am not buying it."
Benson (1979)
"You're too busy buying everything else."
Benson (1979)
"It's not your money."
Benson (1979)
"Well, we pay taxes that go for that stuff."
Benson (1979)
"So it's your money and my money, too."
Benson (1979)
"With my share, I bought candied yams."
Benson (1979)
"What are you doing?"
Benson (1979)
"Pruning trees."
Benson (1979)
"There's nothing wrong with that bulb and you changed it."
Benson (1979)
"It's Wednesday."
Benson (1979)
"I change all the bulbs on Wednesday."
Benson (1979)
"You mean you go around here"
Benson (1979)
"and change bulbs before they blow?"
Benson (1979)
"I also eat before I starve to death."
Benson (1979)
"Who hired you?"
Benson (1979)
"We got a contract with the state, mister."
Benson (1979)
"No more bulb changing, that's it."
Benson (1979)
"It's the state's money."
Benson (1979)
"It's stealing."
Benson (1979)
"What stealing?"
Benson (1979)
"Did I come in here with a gun and say hand over your bulbs?"
Benson (1979)
"No more bulb changing. We'll change our own bulbs."
Benson (1979)
"Fine, I'm leaving."
Benson (1979)
"My luck, I had to come in"
Benson (1979)
"and change Ralph Nader's bulb."
Benson (1979)
"Good morning, Benson."
Benson (1979)
"Do you know we got a guy who comes in here"
Benson (1979)
"and changes light bulbs before the old ones are worn?"
Benson (1979)
"Good morning, Benson."
Benson (1979)
"You said that."
Benson (1979)
"I know."
Benson (1979)
"Good morning, Marcy."
Benson (1979)
"Thank you."
Benson (1979)
"Miss Ellie, are you baking something special today?"
Benson (1979)
"Seven layer chocolate cake."
Benson (1979)
"Will you save the icing bowl for me?"
Benson (1979)
"Don't I always?"
Benson (1979)
"Come on, Katie, your ride is waiting to take you to school."
Benson (1979)
"Okay. Goodbye, Miss Ellie."
Benson (1979)
"Bye, Katie."
Benson (1979)
"Goodbye, Benson. Goodbye, sweetheart."
Benson (1979)
"Sorry to have missed the meeting this morning, Benson."
Benson (1979)
"Oh, Benson, I just missed my bus."
Benson (1979)
"I almost caught it at the signal."
Benson (1979)
"The spirit was willing but the ankles were weak."
Benson (1979)
"Miss Ellie, sit! Have tea."
Benson (1979)
"Kraus can make God bless you sound like an order."
Benson (1979)
"Und will you have some of your own pastry?"
Benson (1979)
"No, thank you, Gretchen."
Benson (1979)
"And I thought you were watching your figure."
Benson (1979)
"I'm glad somebody is."
Benson (1979)
"All right, read the speech again, Governor."
Benson (1979)
"What was wrong with the way I just read it?"
Benson (1979)
"Everything."
Benson (1979)
"Sir, you have to deliver this"
Benson (1979)
"to the state employee's association."
Benson (1979)
"Now they know these layoffs are coming"
Benson (1979)
"and they're going to be hostile."
Benson (1979)
"So, you have to be forceful."
Benson (1979)
"Oh, where would you like me to begin?"
Benson (1979)
"From the beginning."
Benson (1979)
"And forceful. Good idea."
Benson (1979)
""Fellow citizens,"
Benson (1979)
""we all share a common goal."
Benson (1979)
""To reach the objective that we have mutually decided is in our best interest."
Benson (1979)
"(SOFTLY) "Together we can work toward that end"
Benson (1979)
"(MUMBLING) "in the spirit...""
Benson (1979)
"(MUMBLING)"
Benson (1979)
"You're not selling it, sir. Sell it."
Benson (1979)
"How can I sell it? It doesn't make any sense."
Benson (1979)
"Of course it doesn't. I wrote it that way on purpose."
Benson (1979)
"That doesn't make any sense, either."
Benson (1979)
"But if you don't say anything, you can't offend anyone."
Benson (1979)
"Oh, Taylor, just saying fellow citizens will offend somebody."
Benson (1979)
"We can't please all the people all the time."
Benson (1979)
"That's why we have to face up to this layoff problem head-on"
Benson (1979)
"and not hide behind a lot of empty phrases."
Benson (1979)
"We've got to call a spade a spade."
Benson (1979)
"And right after you call him that, you better run like hell."
Benson (1979)
"No. Benson, I hope you didn't misunderstand."
Benson (1979)
"No, I get the point."
Benson (1979)
"No, no, no, we were talking about laying people off."
Benson (1979)
"Well, that figures. We're usually the first to go."
Benson (1979)
"No, no, no, that wasn't it at all."
Benson (1979)
"Governor, Benson understands that."
Benson (1979)
"Now the 20% layoff... Are you sure, Benson?"
Benson (1979)
"The 20%... Well, of course, Governor."
Benson (1979)
"We'll be with you in a minute, Benson."
Benson (1979)
"The 20%... I can wait."
Benson (1979)
"The 20% layoff will eliminate all superfluous personnel."
Benson (1979)
"Superfluous personnel?"
Benson (1979)
"He means people."
Benson (1979)
"Taylor, this state may be able to function without certain services,"
Benson (1979)
"but people are never superfluous."
Benson (1979)
"Well, almost never."
Benson (1979)
"Percentages don't mean very much to me."
Benson (1979)
"How many people are... Am I about to fire?"
Benson (1979)
"Um, 6,000."
Benson (1979)
"Six... Thousand?"
Benson (1979)
"Give or take a few hundred."
Benson (1979)
"Boy, am I glad I don't have your job, Governor."
Benson (1979)
"Benson, do you have any idea how I became governor?"
Benson (1979)
"Don't blame it on me. I didn't vote for you."
Benson (1979)
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